<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936</id><updated>2012-02-01T12:24:21.325-05:00</updated><category term='NPProfession'/><category term='NonprofitRoundtable'/><category term='NPBoardFundraising'/><category term='NPDonorMotivation'/><category term='NPStudies. NonrpofitResearchCollaborative'/><category term='NPNRC'/><category term='NPImpact'/><category term='NPNonprofitResearchCollaborative'/><category term='NPVolunteer'/><category term='NPDonorAdvisor'/><category term='NPROI'/><category term='NPFoundationGicving'/><category term='NPLeadership'/><category term='NPConnecticut'/><category term='NPStaffTurnover'/><category term='NonprofitResearchCollaborative'/><category term='NPFoundations'/><category term='NPPhilCubeta'/><category term='NPAFPHolidaySurvey'/><category term='NPInternationalGiving'/><category term='NPGenX'/><category term='NPUK'/><category term='NPPlannedGiving'/><category term='NPNextGeneration'/><category term='NPLegacy'/><category term='NPYouthinPhilanthropy'/><category term='NPWomeninPhilanthropy'/><category term='NPCelebrityFundraising'/><category term='NPYearEnd'/><category term='NPGivingTrends'/><category term='NPAdvocacy'/><category term='NPTurnover'/><category term='NPThirdSector'/><category term='NPWestVirginia'/><category term='NPHouseholdGiving'/><category term='NPStudies NPMajorGifts'/><category term='NPLegacyGiving'/><category term='NPWebUse'/><category term='NPWealthTransfer'/><category term='NPStateofFundraising'/><category term='NPOregon'/><category term='NPMegaGivers'/><category term='NPWebsites'/><category term='NPDiversity'/><category term='NPGrantmaking'/><category term='NPSalary'/><category term='NPCorporateSocialResponsibility'/><category term='NPBlackBaudIndex'/><category term='NPHealthCare'/><category term='NPFundraisingAppeals'/><category term='NPAFPSurvey'/><category term='NPCanada'/><category term='NPStudies'/><category term='NPPayout'/><category term='NPCareer'/><category term='NPTech'/><category term='NPEndowments'/><title type='text'>Nonprofit Studies We've Seen</title><subtitle type='html'>This site lists a variety of studies which discuss topics of interest to the nonprofit fundraising community. These sites were found by the AFP Resource Center. Listing here does not constitute an endorsement of any kind.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>173</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-4788491593588347795</id><published>2012-01-26T07:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T12:08:29.078-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPGrantmaking'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPImpact'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Leveraging Limited Dollars: NCRP - National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy: This report distills findings from more than 400 pages of research amassed over three years as part of NCRP’s Grantmaking for Community Impact Project (GCIP). The project documented $26.6 billion in benefits for taxpayers and communities in 13 states, and found that every dollar grantmakers and other donors </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ncrp.org/index.php?option=com_ixxocart&amp;Itemid=41&amp;p=product&amp;id=66&amp;parent=1' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/4788491593588347795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=4788491593588347795&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4788491593588347795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4788491593588347795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/leveraging-limited-dollars-ncrp.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8820247188344132579</id><published>2012-01-24T11:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T11:08:02.563-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPDiversity'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Inclusive Nonprofit Boardroom: Leveraging the Transformative Potential of Diversity</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=19331&amp;catid=153&amp;Itemid=336#.Tx7XOiiFp6w.blogger' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8820247188344132579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8820247188344132579&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8820247188344132579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8820247188344132579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/inclusive-nonprofit-boardroom.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2382949178117475115</id><published>2012-01-23T09:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T09:47:45.391-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Faith &amp; Organizations Project: Faith Communities founded most of the nonprofits in the United States and play a key role in social welfare, health, education and community development today. Clarifying specifically religious aspects of the relationship between founding communities and their organizations and effective best practices are key concerns for faith based organizations and the religions</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2382949178117475115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2382949178117475115&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2382949178117475115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2382949178117475115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/faith-organizations-project-faith.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6098433020397591748</id><published>2012-01-23T08:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T08:32:07.094-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Grantmaking for Community Impact Project (GCIP) - National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy: NCRP hopes to address this challenge through the Grantmaking for Community Impact Project, which will highlight the positive impact that communities have seen through funder-supported nonprofit advocacy and organizing. We will measure impact using quantitative and qualitative methods, drawing on the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://ncrp.org/campaigns-research-policy/communities/gcip' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6098433020397591748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6098433020397591748&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6098433020397591748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6098433020397591748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/grantmaking-for-community-impact.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7948040472718351373</id><published>2012-01-19T11:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T11:34:17.667-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPAdvocacy'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Does Charity Advocacy Pay Off? - Government &amp; Politics Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: A study released today from a foundation watchdog group says that advocacy efforts by charities can pay off, to the tune of billions of dollars to communities.

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy study examined 110 charities in 13</summary><link rel='related' href='http://philanthropy.com/blogs/government-and-politics/does-charity-advocacy-pay-off/30066?sid=pt&amp;utm_source=pt&amp;utm_medium=en' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7948040472718351373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7948040472718351373&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7948040472718351373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7948040472718351373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/does-charity-advocacy-pay-off.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2042485014616275539</id><published>2012-01-19T11:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T11:23:18.445-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPBlackBaudIndex'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Fundraising Returns to Pre-Recession Levels - Barrons.com: CHARLESTON, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 19, 2012--

Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced that fundraising has returned to pre-recession levels. Through the first 11 months of 2011, overall giving is up 3.4% over 2010, and is now officially above the level of giving last seen in 2007.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://online.barrons.com/article/PR-CO-20120119-905757.html' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2042485014616275539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2042485014616275539&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2042485014616275539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2042485014616275539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/fundraising-returns-to-pre-recession.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8138747982930511614</id><published>2012-01-18T08:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T08:15:03.736-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>PNC Wealth Management Study: 59% Of Millionaires Feel Obligation To Give Back: Fifty-nine percent of millionaires agree they feel they have an obligation to give back to their community, according to a survey released Jan. 17 by PNC Wealth Management . The percentage remains the same as it was in 2008.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/17/not-giving-big-22-percent_n_1210637.html' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8138747982930511614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8138747982930511614&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8138747982930511614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8138747982930511614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/pnc-wealth-management-study-59-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8690740881245988308</id><published>2012-01-17T07:49:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T07:50:39.138-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPProfession'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPCareer'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>12 Ways to Embrace the 21st Century Nonprofit Workforce: The latest studies include one from Opportunity Knocks, which was done some months ago, and another more recent one from the Chronicle of Philanthropy. The report from OK is Engaging the Nonprofit Workforce: Mission, Management and Emotion (free registration required). The Chronicle writes about its survey in Charity Workers Report Feeling </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8690740881245988308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8690740881245988308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8690740881245988308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8690740881245988308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/12-ways-to-embrace-21st-century.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6404322895303488328</id><published>2012-01-12T12:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T12:52:15.664-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Real Time Charitable Giving | Pew Research Center's Internet &amp; American Life Project: Yet while their initial contribution often involved little deliberation, 43% of these donors encouraged their friends or family members to give to the campaign as well. In addition, a majority of those surveyed (56%) have continued to give to more recent disaster relief efforts—such as the March 2011 earthquake </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6404322895303488328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6404322895303488328&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6404322895303488328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6404322895303488328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/real-time-charitable-giving-pew.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3405144319777156421</id><published>2012-01-11T09:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T09:10:33.197-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>HR Magazine - Charity and voluntary sector employment drops by 70,000 in 12 months: Employment in the voluntary sector has fallen by nearly 9% over the past year according to Skills – Third Sector’s analysis of the Labour Force Survey.Data recently released for the third quarter of 2011 shows the UK voluntary sector employs 723,000 people.This equates to a fall of 70,000 (8.7% of the workforce) </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3405144319777156421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3405144319777156421&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3405144319777156421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3405144319777156421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/hr-magazine-charity-and-voluntary.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-849432699600662344</id><published>2012-01-11T07:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T07:59:07.740-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>One in four Brits reduced donations in 2011 - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: One in four Brits say they gave less to charity last year than the year before, according to a new study released today.Charities saw a 12 per cent drop in total donation values in 2011, with the average falling to �</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/news/content/11283/one_in_four_brits_reduced_donations_in_2011' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/849432699600662344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=849432699600662344&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/849432699600662344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/849432699600662344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/one-in-four-brits-reduced-donations-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-5798480472719939297</id><published>2012-01-03T10:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T10:58:49.924-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Survey shows donations held up well in 2011 | Third Sector: State of the Sector, run by Third Sector and nfpSynergy, also suggests sector is doing more with lessDonated income to charities remained strong last year despite growing unemployment and shrinking household incomes, according to the biennial State of the Sector survey by Third Sector and the sector consultancy nfpSynergy.Forty-three per</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/5798480472719939297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=5798480472719939297&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5798480472719939297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5798480472719939297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2012/01/survey-shows-donations-held-up-well-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6550733615381805734</id><published>2011-12-22T07:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T07:54:53.031-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Times Higher Education - Large donations to universities drop 50%: The amount given to universities in �1 million-plus donations almost halved in 2009-10, an annual report from a bank reveals.The drop takes the total from very large donations down to the levels of 2006-07 and 2007-08 and is thought to be caused by the drying-up of matched funding from the government.In 2009-10, �299.4 million was</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6550733615381805734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6550733615381805734&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6550733615381805734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6550733615381805734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/times-higher-education-large-donations.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3547508680787296001</id><published>2011-12-20T13:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T08:49:35.982-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households,</title><summary type='text'>Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households, but Nonprofits Must Work for Their Trust, Study Finds - Resource Center - AFP: Dec. 20, 2011) In nearly 90 percent of high net worth households, women are either the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2011 Study of High Net Worth Women’s Philanthropy</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.afpnet.org/ResourceCenter/ArticleDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=8532' title='Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households,'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3547508680787296001/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3547508680787296001&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3547508680787296001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3547508680787296001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/women-drive-philanthropic-decisions-in.html' title='Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households,'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-1205084082702664760</id><published>2011-12-20T09:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T09:12:00.399-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Foundation Center - Cleveland: A new report from the Foundation Center finds that there is a growing interest among large foundations in Ohio in supporting economic development activities in the state. Grant dollars increased from $24.5 million in 2005 to $62 million in 2008, a 152% upswing. Download the report�</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/1205084082702664760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=1205084082702664760&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1205084082702664760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1205084082702664760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/foundation-center-cleveland-new-report.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-4622304064115707224</id><published>2011-12-20T08:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T11:31:09.337-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPGivingTrends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPInternationalGiving'/><title type='text'>GLOBAL SURVEY:  U.S. NOW #1 IN CHARITABLE GIVING, RISING FROM FIFTH PLACE</title><summary type='text'>Pres Releases: WASHINGTON, D.C.///December 19, 2011///The United States now ranks the highest in terms of charity in a massive global survey that put the nation in fifth place in 2010, according to CAFAmerica, a member organization of the United Kingdom based Charities Aid Foundation International Network of Offices, providing charitable financial services to individuals, global corporations, </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.cafamerica.org/dnn/Resources/PressReleases/tabid/189/Default.aspx' title='GLOBAL SURVEY:  U.S. NOW #1 IN CHARITABLE GIVING, RISING FROM FIFTH PLACE'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/4622304064115707224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=4622304064115707224&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4622304064115707224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4622304064115707224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/pres-releases-washington-d.html' title='GLOBAL SURVEY:  U.S. NOW #1 IN CHARITABLE GIVING, RISING FROM FIFTH PLACE'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-9216909490536942768</id><published>2011-12-14T14:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T08:17:34.162-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPYouthinPhilanthropy'/><title type='text'>New Study Reveals Significant Impact of Youth Philanthropy Initiative on Jewish Identity, Leadership Development and Community Involvement</title><summary type='text'>New Study Reveals Significant Impact of Youth Philanthropy Initiative on Jewish Identity, Leadership Development and Community Involvement | eJewish Philanthropy: Your Jewish Philanthropy Resource: New Study Reveals Significant Impact of Youth Philanthropy Initiative on Jewish Identity, Leadership Development and Community Involvement</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/9216909490536942768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=9216909490536942768&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/9216909490536942768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/9216909490536942768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-study-reveals-significant-impact-of.html' title='New Study Reveals Significant Impact of Youth Philanthropy Initiative on Jewish Identity, Leadership Development and Community Involvement'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8576989866152718762</id><published>2011-12-14T10:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T08:16:19.165-05:00</updated><title type='text'>These Cities Give The Most To Charity Over The Holidays</title><summary type='text'>These Cities Give The Most To Charity Over The Holidays: And since being generous means more than simply writing a big check, we pulled in 2010 data from Manta and Convio, and analyzed city-by-city data on the number of online donations per 1,000 people, the number of nonprofit associations by city, and the average online donation amount per 1,000 people, and then ranked the top 100 cities by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8576989866152718762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8576989866152718762&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8576989866152718762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8576989866152718762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/these-cities-give-most-to-charity-over.html' title='These Cities Give The Most To Charity Over The Holidays'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2789136271531763631</id><published>2011-12-13T10:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T08:16:45.543-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Future of Philanthropy in L.A.</title><summary type='text'>The Future of Philanthropy in L.A.: The Future of Philanthropy in Los Angeles: A Wealth of Opportunity report is a new study commissioned by CCF on the diverse and growing wealth of L.A..</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2789136271531763631/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2789136271531763631&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2789136271531763631'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2789136271531763631'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/future-of-philanthropy-in-l.html' title='The Future of Philanthropy in L.A.'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8052006111749118757</id><published>2011-12-13T08:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-13T08:29:04.771-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Growth returns for the city's largest nonprofits | Crain's New York Business</summary><link rel='related' 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src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-863385981508699204</id><published>2011-12-12T13:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T11:30:42.525-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPWomeninPhilanthropy'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Women's Giving Networks Gaining Prominence - TheNonProfitTimes: The 2011 Study of High Net Worth Women’s Philanthropy and The Impact of Women’s Giving Networks, by the Center on Philanthropy (CoP) at Indiana University details differences and similarities between men and women about their motivations and influences on charitable</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/article/detail/women-s-giving-networks-gaining-prominence-4263' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/863385981508699204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=863385981508699204&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/863385981508699204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/863385981508699204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/womens-giving-networks-gaining.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6982543150684750482</id><published>2011-12-12T11:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T11:30:19.641-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPTech'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New technology will make philanthropists of us all, says white paper | Philanthropy UK: The paper suggests arts organisations need to look to a wider audience of potential donors. It says that even small, local arts organisations can build up a network of friends on Facebook or via Twitter followers and turn them into highly engaged audiences who can help to raise funds, provide expertise or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6982543150684750482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6982543150684750482&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6982543150684750482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6982543150684750482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-technology-will-make.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8084162403594130257</id><published>2011-12-07T09:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T13:38:06.534-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPNonprofitResearchCollaborative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPNRC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NonprofitResearchCollaborative'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Many U.S. Charities Facing Increased Demand, Signs of Fiscal Stress - Press - AFP: Many U.S. Charities Facing Increased Demand, Signs of Fiscal StressOrganizations below $3 million in expenditures experiencing greatest challenges(Dec. 5, 2011) Sixty-five percent of charities surveyed report increased demand for their services in 2011, but just 41 percent saw increased fundraising results in the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.afpnet.org/Audiences/ReportsResearchDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=7401' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8084162403594130257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8084162403594130257&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8084162403594130257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8084162403594130257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/many-u.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-445494397755730483</id><published>2011-12-06T07:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T07:46:50.896-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>US and UK donors 'plan to give the same or less' to charities in 2012 | UK Fundraising: Most donors in the USA and UK plan to give at the same level or to give less in 2012 compared to 2011, according to research in both countries by US communications agency Fenton and public opinion research organisation GlobeScan.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.fundraising.co.uk/news/2011/12/06/us-and-uk-donors-039plan-give-same-or-less039-charities-2012' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/445494397755730483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=445494397755730483&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/445494397755730483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/445494397755730483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/us-and-uk-donors-plan-to-give-same-or.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3034947552862464358</id><published>2011-12-01T13:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-01T13:07:53.041-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Money for Good II Shows How a Small Shift Can Give Nonprofits a Big Gift This Giving Season: he statement above is just one of the findings of Money for Good II (MFGII), a new study released November 30, 2011. Other MFGII findings include:  Individual donors research only a third of their charitable donations, whereas persons who advise donors and foundation grantmakers research almost every </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www2.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2011/results-of-money-for-good-2.aspx?hq_e=el&amp;hq_m=1452356&amp;hq_l=6&amp;hq_v=87c44c2164' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3034947552862464358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3034947552862464358&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3034947552862464358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3034947552862464358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/12/money-for-good-ii-shows-how-small-shift.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-4673818119715797583</id><published>2011-11-15T08:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T08:43:21.389-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Canadians continue giving: Despite stock-market volatility and downgraded economic forecasts for the coming year, Canadians intend on giving to charity with at least the same generosity they did over the last year, according to a new survey.Poll results released by BMO Harris Private Banking show 71 per cent of those polled expect to give the same or more to charities over the next year as they </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/4673818119715797583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=4673818119715797583&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4673818119715797583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4673818119715797583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/11/canadians-continue-giving-despite-stock.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-178002606141797977</id><published>2011-11-15T07:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-15T07:30:25.698-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Twitter donors worth the most on social media - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: People who make donations on JustGiving pages after being prompted on Twitter are nearly twice as generous as those who are inspired to give by a Facebook prompt, according to new figures.In a study on the average gift</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/178002606141797977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=178002606141797977&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/178002606141797977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/178002606141797977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/11/twitter-donors-worth-most-on-social.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7988141777758996739</id><published>2011-11-14T13:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T13:54:26.824-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Time for Charitable Foundations to be 'Fundamental and Widespread' in UK</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=339584' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7988141777758996739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7988141777758996739&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7988141777758996739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7988141777758996739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/11/time-for-charitable-foundations-to-be.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7373303869663109019</id><published>2011-11-09T08:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T08:46:56.780-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>� Nonprofit Fundraising and Cause Engagement Study: Word of Mouth Still Most Effective Method of Engagement to Optimize Nonprofit FundraisingI have written about several nonprofit fundraising reports that offer valuable insight into various areas of the current fundraising landscape. Some of my featured posts have included The 2011 donorCentrics™ Internet and Multichannel Giving Benchmarking </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7373303869663109019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7373303869663109019&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7373303869663109019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7373303869663109019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/11/nonprofit-fundraising-and-cause.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-4048158651522131120</id><published>2011-11-09T07:34:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T07:34:54.621-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPStudies'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Growing Philanthropy: Moving From Donors to Partners (Part 1 of 3) - Press - AFP: Growing Philanthropy: Moving From Donors to Partners (Part 1 of 3)Charitable giving is estimated to be only 2 percent of average household disposable (after tax) income in the U.S. This number has remained unchanged on average for the past 40 years. A new report called “Growing Philanthropy,” based on a recent </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.afpnet.org/Audiences/ReportsResearchDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=6534' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/4048158651522131120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=4048158651522131120&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4048158651522131120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4048158651522131120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/11/growing-philanthropy-moving-from-donors.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3272789065750647632</id><published>2011-11-03T07:53:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T07:53:53.325-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPCelebrityFundraising'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>PayPal Research Shows Strength of Community Trumps Popularity | Geoff Livingston's Blog: We live in strange times in which an online following is considered the mark of success. This era of weblebrity seems caustic at times with companies, nonprofits and individuals chasing personal brands for their time. Yet, as we dig deeper we see that real influence online does not necessarily tether itself </summary><link rel='related' href='http://geofflivingston.com/2011/11/03/paypal-research-shows-strength-of-community-trumps-popularity/' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3272789065750647632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3272789065750647632&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3272789065750647632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3272789065750647632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/11/paypal-research-shows-strength-of.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2394945656569031689</id><published>2011-11-01T11:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T11:52:01.506-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Few Charity Employees Feel Financially Prepared for Retirement, Survey Finds - Conference Notebook - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Few Charity Employees Feel Financially Prepared for Retirement, Survey FindsOctober 31, 2011, 10:19 pmBy Caroline PrestonMany nonprofit workers are worried that they won’t have enough money to retire </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2394945656569031689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2394945656569031689&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2394945656569031689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2394945656569031689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/11/few-charity-employees-feel-financially.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3711885148691137163</id><published>2011-10-31T13:49:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T13:49:36.302-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPDonorMotivation'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Olin Business School Research Finds Trigger for Charitable Giving: Cryder finds in a new paper, “The Donor is in the Details" that charities can substantially increase a donor’s perception of the impact their contribution makes by focusing direct solicitation efforts on how donations help one specific person or address one specific problem. When donors know more, donors tend to give more.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3711885148691137163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3711885148691137163&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3711885148691137163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3711885148691137163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/olin-business-school-research-finds.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2509417505569892715</id><published>2011-10-28T11:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T11:12:25.888-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Report from Indiana University researchers addresses need to ‘grow philanthropy’: IU News Room: Indiana University: The report, Growing Philanthropy in the United States, was released today (Oct. 28). It addresses the fact that philanthropic giving in the United States has remained static for decades, despite the best efforts of fundraising professionals and nonprofit organizations.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2509417505569892715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2509417505569892715&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2509417505569892715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2509417505569892715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/report-from-indiana-university.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3382427580077420061</id><published>2011-10-26T07:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T07:36:49.207-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The UK Civil Society Almanac 2010: Workforce | Library | Research and policy | Skills - Third Sector: The report is based on the 'Work' chapter of the NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac 2010 and covers key trends and characteristics of the voluntary sector workforce, employment and volunteering.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.skills-thirdsector.org.uk/research_policy/library/the_uk_civil_society_almanac_2010_workforce/' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3382427580077420061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3382427580077420061&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3382427580077420061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3382427580077420061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/uk-civil-society-almanac-2010-workforce.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-742773123942302677</id><published>2011-10-20T11:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T11:29:18.285-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New Study Says Charities Could Lose Up to $3.2-Billion From Obama Tax Change - Government &amp; Politics Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: In another new study on President Obama’s proposal to limit the value of the charitable deduction, the Tax Policy Center has estimated that the change would depress giving from $1.7-billion to $3.2-</summary><link rel='related' href='http://philanthropy.com/blogs/government-and-politics/new-study-says-charities-could-lose-up-to-3-2-billion-from-obama-tax-change/29528?sid=pt&amp;utm_source=pt&amp;utm_medium=en' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/742773123942302677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=742773123942302677&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/742773123942302677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/742773123942302677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-study-says-charities-could-lose-up.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2088912490186547133</id><published>2011-10-20T11:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T11:26:53.772-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Optimism growing in the sector, claims report: “There is a very real sense of optimism growing in the sector,” said Andrew Watt, president and CEO, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), who provided commentary in the report.Citing a situation not many in the UK sector will share, Watt added: “Rising giving levels are what is driving the sense of optimism and, in turn, anticipated growth</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.charitytimes.com/ct/optimism_growing_in_the_sector.php' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2088912490186547133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2088912490186547133&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2088912490186547133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2088912490186547133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/optimism-growing-in-sector-claims.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7045470594804625805</id><published>2011-10-18T10:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T10:46:45.458-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Charitable Giving Index: Fundraising Growth Slows - MarketWatch: CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct 17, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Blackbaud, Inc. BLKB  1.28% today released a fundraising trends report based on monthly findings from The Blackbaud Index and featuring commentary from Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) and American Health Assistance Foundation (AHAF) on the newly released specialty index</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.marketwatch.com/story/charitable-giving-index-fundraising-growth-slows-2011-10-17' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7045470594804625805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7045470594804625805&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7045470594804625805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7045470594804625805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/charitable-giving-index-fundraising.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3868604853048083474</id><published>2011-10-13T14:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T14:54:23.816-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Teenage boys think working for a charity is boring - Third Sector: A survey by consultancy Magnified Learning finds that few would want to work in the third sectorA survey carried out in schools has found that nearly a third of boys aged 14 and 15 think the charity sector is the most boring to work in.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3868604853048083474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3868604853048083474&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3868604853048083474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3868604853048083474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/teenage-boys-think-working-for-charity.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-1928453823828753297</id><published>2011-10-12T11:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T11:31:47.724-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Manila Standard Today -- Philanthropy rising in Asia along with wealth, says HSBC study -- 2011/october/11: Asian philanthropists are giving more, and they are shifting to a structured and focused approach to charity, according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit, commissioned by HSBC Private Bank.The report titled, Something’s gotta give: The state of philanthropy in Asia, was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/1928453823828753297/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=1928453823828753297&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1928453823828753297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1928453823828753297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/manila-standard-today-philanthropy.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7866447741966200348</id><published>2011-10-12T08:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T08:30:19.115-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Nonprofits show optimism despite serious concerns, United Way survey finds | Hartford Business: Even as the economy continues its slow recovery, many Hartford-area non-profit organizations have a renewed sense of optimism, according to the United Way’s eighth annual Non-Profit Pulse Survey.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news20825.html' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7866447741966200348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7866447741966200348&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7866447741966200348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7866447741966200348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/10/nonprofits-show-optimism-despite.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-1765991343016933943</id><published>2011-09-19T09:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T09:29:14.290-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Foundations Step In to Help Grantees Weather State Budget Cuts, Report Finds | PND | Foundation Center: Based on responses from seventy-five members of the Grantmaker Leadership Panel — more than two hundred CEOs at leading U.S. private and public foundations — the study, Foundation Leaders Address the State Budget Crises (4 pages, PDF), found that a quarter of the funders reported having </summary><link rel='related' href='http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=353900006' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/1765991343016933943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=1765991343016933943&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1765991343016933943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1765991343016933943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/09/foundations-step-in-to-help-grantees.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-778458074408489095</id><published>2011-09-19T08:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T08:53:42.101-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPGivingTrends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPCanada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPHealthCare'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Donors Hike Support for Canadian Hospitals to More than $1.2 Billion, But Giving is Still Short of Pre-recession Level: WASHINGTON, D.C., (September 19, 2011) – Donors to Canada’s health care institutions increased contributions by $80 million last year, but the much needed financial booster shot remained far below amounts raised before the recession hit. While charitable cash and pledges in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/778458074408489095/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=778458074408489095&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/778458074408489095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/778458074408489095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/09/donors-hike-support-for-canadian.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8006007516025704024</id><published>2011-08-30T12:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T12:42:35.262-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPTurnover'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Charity staff turnover falls, survey finds - Third Sector: Staff turnover in charities fell from 20 per cent last year to 16 per cent this year, according to a new human resources study.Seventy-three charities, all with more than 50 employees, took part in the annual People Count Third Sector study, carried out by the management and HR consultancy Agenda Consulting. It analysed staff data from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8006007516025704024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8006007516025704024&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8006007516025704024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8006007516025704024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/08/charity-staff-turnover-falls-survey.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7763738002650323539</id><published>2011-08-29T12:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T12:25:41.510-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Half of the public cannot name a local charity, survey finds - Third Sector: Nearly two-thirds of respondents to Attitudes to Giving survey said their giving had stayed at the same level over the past two yearsAlmost half of respondents to a recent survey on giving were unable to name a local charity in their area.Attitudes to Giving, a survey by the market research company ActionPoint </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7763738002650323539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7763738002650323539&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7763738002650323539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7763738002650323539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/08/half-of-public-cannot-name-local.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-5823860223842365425</id><published>2011-08-15T13:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-15T13:06:14.803-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Indiana nonprofit employment made gains despite recession: IU News Room: Indiana University</title><summary type='text'>Indiana nonprofit employment made gains despite recession: IU News Room: Indiana University: "BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Buoyed by gains in the health services and education sectors, employment and wages paid by Indiana nonprofit organizations increased steadily in recent years, according to a new report by Indiana University researchers."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/19275.html' title='Indiana nonprofit employment made gains despite recession: IU News Room: Indiana University'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/5823860223842365425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=5823860223842365425&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5823860223842365425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5823860223842365425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/08/indiana-nonprofit-employment-made-gains.html' title='Indiana nonprofit employment made gains despite recession: IU News Room: Indiana University'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-992816040634432173</id><published>2011-08-09T11:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T11:08:56.771-04:00</updated><title type='text'>TSRC - Mapping the big society</title><summary type='text'>TSRC - Mapping the big society: "Mapping the Big SocietyImplicit in the idea of the 'big society' is the view that communities will be the first port of call in responding to social needs. But there are concerns that this will be much easier in some communities than others. Part of the role of TSRC is to assemble evidence on the distribution, resources and capacities of the third sector. The </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.tsrc.ac.uk/Research/QuantitativeAnalysis/Mappingthebigsociety/tabid/830/Default.aspx' title='TSRC - Mapping the big society'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/992816040634432173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=992816040634432173&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/992816040634432173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/992816040634432173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/08/tsrc-mapping-big-society.html' title='TSRC - Mapping the big society'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8081393009913280341</id><published>2011-07-21T10:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T10:24:40.394-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Building a Stronger Regional Safety Net: Philanthropy's Role - Brookings Institution</title><summary type='text'>Building a Stronger Regional Safety Net: Philanthropy's Role - Brookings Institution: "Although federal, state, and local governments are often the primary funders of nonprofits, governments do not often take the lead in creating new organizational capacities or in coordinating capacity across political jurisdictions. In many regions, the local philanthropic community has become aware of these </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/0721_philanthropy_reckhow_weir.aspx' title='Building a Stronger Regional Safety Net: Philanthropy&apos;s Role - Brookings Institution'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8081393009913280341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8081393009913280341&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8081393009913280341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8081393009913280341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/07/building-stronger-regional-safety-net.html' title='Building a Stronger Regional Safety Net: Philanthropy&apos;s Role - Brookings Institution'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6055563877820009986</id><published>2011-07-11T12:17:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T12:17:40.821-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPUK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPGivingTrends'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Fall in fundraising income continues, says Charity Market Monitor - Third Sector: "Professor Cathy Pharoah, author of the reportCancer Research UK stays top of the list, while animal welfare and armed forces charities buck the trendThe UK’s 500 largest fundraising charities suffered a �70m real-terms fall in fundraising income to about �6.06bn in 2009/10, according to research published today."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/News/DailyBulletin/1078915/Fall-fundraising-income-continues-says-Charity-Market-Monitor/8D7F8730F93B3AB2AC2554D9249243AE/' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6055563877820009986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6055563877820009986&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6055563877820009986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6055563877820009986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/07/fall-in-fundraising-income-continues.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-5040568059887022132</id><published>2011-06-29T11:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-29T11:24:26.565-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Meyer Foundation - Meyer Foundation</title><summary type='text'>Meyer Foundation - Meyer Foundation: "Two-thirds of the 3,000 nonprofit executive directors surveyed plan to leave their jobs within five years. Executives express frustration with nonprofit funding models, amplified by the recession, but remain resolved and engaged.Washington, DC—Daring to Lead 2011, a new national study of nonprofit executive directors conducted in the aftermath of the deepest </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.meyerfoundation.org/newsroom/press_releases/691' title='Meyer Foundation - Meyer Foundation'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/5040568059887022132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=5040568059887022132&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5040568059887022132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5040568059887022132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/06/meyer-foundation-meyer-foundation.html' title='Meyer Foundation - Meyer Foundation'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-713619735111269403</id><published>2011-05-25T12:14:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-25T12:14:45.739-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPGivingTrends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPEndowments'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Endowment Returns in 2010 Less Than in 2009, Say Two New Surveys - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Endowments fared well last year, achieving investment returns of about 12 percent, but that is far less than what they achieved in 2009, when returns topped 20 percent, according to two studies—one of foundations and the other of </summary><link rel='related' href='http://philanthropy.com/article/Endowment-Returns-in-2010-Less/127625/?sid=&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=en' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/713619735111269403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=713619735111269403&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/713619735111269403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/713619735111269403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/05/endowment-returns-in-2010-less-than-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3013288743954873623</id><published>2011-05-20T15:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-20T15:56:34.438-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPSalary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPConnecticut'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Connecticut Association of Nonprofits and CBIA Release 2nd Annual Connecticut Nonprofit Compensation... -- HARTFORD, Conn., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --: "Study reveals more than 50% of Connecticut nonprofits not offering cost of living adjustment (COLA) in 2011HARTFORD, Conn., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Connecticut Association of Nonprofits (CT Nonprofits), the largest membership organization </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/connecticut-association-of-nonprofits-and-cbia-release-2nd-annual-connecticut-nonprofit-compensation-study-122232693.html' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3013288743954873623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3013288743954873623&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3013288743954873623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3013288743954873623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/05/connecticut-association-of-nonprofits.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7656159555583516363</id><published>2011-05-11T10:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T10:50:36.077-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPFoundations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPFoundationGicving'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>What Foundation CEO's Think About Evaluation - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "The Center for Effective Philanthropy released a survey at its conference in Boston today that injects some new data into the debate about whether foundations are doing enough—or too much, in the eyes of some—to measure their </summary><link rel='related' href='http://philanthropy.com/blogs/the-giveaway/what-foundation-ceos-think-about-evaluation/16?sid=&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=en' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7656159555583516363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7656159555583516363&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7656159555583516363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7656159555583516363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-foundation-ceos-think-about.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8435021545389873832</id><published>2011-05-11T10:14:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T10:15:12.812-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPAdvocacy'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>keeping a close eye... by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy: Advocacy Philanthropy in the Gulf/Midsouth Yields Substantial Returns for Underserved Communities: "Many in philanthropy don't think of the Gulf/Midsouth as a good place to invest grant dollars.Yet, advocacy and community organizing by 20 nonprofit organizations in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi over a </summary><link rel='related' href='http://blog.ncrp.org/2011/05/advocacy-philanthropy-in-gulmidsouth.html' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8435021545389873832/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8435021545389873832&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8435021545389873832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8435021545389873832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/05/keeping-close-eye-by-national-committee.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7288785453806850770</id><published>2011-05-11T08:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T10:49:52.715-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPImpact'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Charities struggle to measure their impact, says report - Third Sector: "New Philanthropy Capital study finds 'explosion of interest', but slow progress, in impact assessmentThere has been an 'explosion of interest' in impact measurement among charities over the past year but they are struggling to implement it, according to a new report from the think tank New Philanthropy Capital."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://thirdsector.co.uk/Channels/Governance/Article/1069357/Charities-struggle-measure-impact-says-report/' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7288785453806850770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7288785453806850770&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7288785453806850770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7288785453806850770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/05/charities-struggle-to-measure-their.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6264995503640929317</id><published>2011-05-05T10:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-05T10:52:24.910-04:00</updated><title type='text'>FroelichMcKeeRathge_SuccessionPlanninginNonprofitOrganizations.pdf (application/pdf Object)</title><summary type='text'>FroelichMcKeeRathge_SuccessionPlanninginNonprofitOrganizations.pdf (application/pdf Object)</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/spa/researchcenters/nonprofitstrategy/documents/FroelichMcKeeRathge_SuccessionPlanninginNonprofitOrganizations.pdf' title='FroelichMcKeeRathge_SuccessionPlanninginNonprofitOrganizations.pdf (application/pdf Object)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6264995503640929317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6264995503640929317&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6264995503640929317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6264995503640929317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/05/froelichmckeerathgesuccessionplanningin.html' title='FroelichMcKeeRathge_SuccessionPlanninginNonprofitOrganizations.pdf (application/pdf Object)'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6877048066597013308</id><published>2011-04-25T11:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T11:31:50.508-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Giving in the Netherlands - Center for Philanthropic Studies, VU University Amsterdam</title><summary type='text'>Giving in the Netherlands - Center for Philanthropic Studies, VU University Amsterdam</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.giving.nl/' title='Giving in the Netherlands - Center for Philanthropic Studies, VU University Amsterdam'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6877048066597013308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6877048066597013308&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6877048066597013308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6877048066597013308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/04/giving-in-netherlands-center-for.html' title='Giving in the Netherlands - Center for Philanthropic Studies, VU University Amsterdam'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7247376981664185089</id><published>2011-04-15T09:55:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T09:55:47.934-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPDiversity'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | New Report Says Nonprofits Not as Diverse as they Think</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=11331:new-report-says-nonprofits-not-as-diverse-as-they-think&amp;catid=155:nonprofit-newswire&amp;Itemid=986' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7247376981664185089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7247376981664185089&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7247376981664185089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7247376981664185089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/04/nonprofit-quarterly-npquarterly-new.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6697337082629565562</id><published>2011-04-12T09:32:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-11T10:49:32.651-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPVolunteer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPDonorMotivation'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Third of Britons 'have no interest in volunteering or fundraising' - Third Sector: "Research commissioned by Parkinson's UK finds 61 per cent of population have never volunteeredAlmost a third of the British public have no interest in helping charities through volunteering or fundraising, according to new research commissioned by the charity Parkinson's UK."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/News/FundraisingBulletin/1064961/Third-Britons-have-no-interest-volunteering-fundraising/4A4C59FE7143D67B7030C92134D6560C/?DCMP=EMC-CONFundraisingBulletin' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6697337082629565562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6697337082629565562&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6697337082629565562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6697337082629565562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/04/third-of-britons-have-no-interest-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3250712937353195572</id><published>2011-04-06T12:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-06T12:52:51.439-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Buying Products Tied to Charities Depresses Giving, New Study Finds - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas</title><summary type='text'>Buying Products Tied to Charities Depresses Giving, New Study Finds - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Buying Products Tied to Charities Depresses Giving, New Study FindsMarch 31, 2011, 3:32 pmBy Raymund FlandezFund raisers have long worried about a possible downside to corporate-charity marketing deals—that people who buy a </summary><link rel='related' href='http://philanthropy.com/blogs/prospecting/buying-products-tied-to-charities-depresses-giving-new-study-finds/29534' title='Buying Products Tied to Charities Depresses Giving, New Study Finds - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3250712937353195572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3250712937353195572&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3250712937353195572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3250712937353195572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/04/buying-products-tied-to-charities.html' title='Buying Products Tied to Charities Depresses Giving, New Study Finds - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-4364387948081250841</id><published>2011-04-05T10:13:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T10:15:10.018-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPPlannedGiving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPLegacy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPLegacyGiving'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Poll indicates that most people would not include charities in their wills - Third Sector: "Legacy givingRespondents would rather leave money to friends or family, according to survey conducted before Budget announcement of inheritance tax breakNearly three-quarters of people would not leave money to charity, a survey suggests.A poll of more than 1,000 adults, commissioned by the finance company </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/News/FundraisingBulletin/1063819/Poll-indicates-people-not-include-charities-wills/F518C33A7FAFFBAACB60867452C28F82/?DCMP=EMC-CONFundraisingBulletin' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/4364387948081250841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=4364387948081250841&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4364387948081250841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4364387948081250841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/04/poll-indicates-that-most-people-would.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2381197451719687262</id><published>2011-04-04T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T13:32:31.520-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Study: 6 Actions That Grow Generous Kids, Future Donors- The NonProfit Times April 4, 2011</title><summary type='text'>Study: 6 Actions That Grow Generous Kids, Future Donors- The NonProfit Times April 4, 2011: "Study: 6 Actions That Grow Generous Kids, Future Donors  What parents say and do when it comes to charitable giving and volunteering makes a big difference in the charitable activities of their children once those kids grow up. Parental behavior had tremendous influence – more than religion, politics, </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nptimes.com/11Apr/actions-that-grow-generous-kids.html' title='Study: 6 Actions That Grow Generous Kids, Future Donors- The NonProfit Times April 4, 2011'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2381197451719687262/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2381197451719687262&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2381197451719687262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2381197451719687262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/04/study-6-actions-that-grow-generous-kids.html' title='Study: 6 Actions That Grow Generous Kids, Future Donors- The NonProfit Times April 4, 2011'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3724523951351965283</id><published>2011-03-22T10:46:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T10:47:22.185-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPGivingTrends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPStudies. NonrpofitResearchCollaborative'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPStateofFundraising'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Two-Thirds of Charities Predict Giving Increase in 2011 - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "While many organizations stopped the bleeding, giving simply didn’t rebound like we thought it might, especially given the economic growth we saw in the last quarter of the year,” said Paulette Maehara, president of the Association of </summary><link rel='related' href='http://philanthropy.com/article/Two-Thirds-of-Charities/126855/?sid=&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=en' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3724523951351965283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3724523951351965283&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3724523951351965283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3724523951351965283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/03/two-thirds-of-charities-predict-giving.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3106259254601456015</id><published>2011-03-22T10:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T10:06:28.739-04:00</updated><title type='text'>- Red Nose Day leads the way for future giving</title><summary type='text'>- Red Nose Day leads the way for future giving: "More than 10 percent of the UK population supports Red Nose Day. 'Such huge support for needy causes shows just what can be achieved when the media, celebrities and new technologies are mobilized behind an appeal', says professor Cathy Pharaoh, co-director of the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy jointly funded by the Economic and </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.firstscience.com/home/news/social-and-behavioral-science/red-nose-day-leads-the-way-for-future-giving-page-1-1_102114.html' title='- Red Nose Day leads the way for future giving'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3106259254601456015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3106259254601456015&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3106259254601456015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3106259254601456015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/03/red-nose-day-leads-way-for-future.html' title='- Red Nose Day leads the way for future giving'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7867410472596213532</id><published>2011-03-22T09:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-22T09:43:23.888-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN</title><summary type='text'>New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN: "A high unsubscribe rate is bad, right? Not necessarily, according to the 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study, just released at the 2011 NTC by M R and NTEN.As it turns out, a high unsubscribe rate correlates directly with high fundraising results. People unsubscribe because they read your message and decide your cause isn't interesting to them; </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nten.org/blog/2011/03/19/new-report-2011-enonprofit-benchmarks-study' title='New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7867410472596213532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7867410472596213532&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7867410472596213532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7867410472596213532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-report-2011-enonprofit-benchmarks.html' title='New Report: 2011 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study | NTEN'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-1569307346295564038</id><published>2011-03-16T08:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T08:43:26.687-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stories And Premiums Ruled During The Holidays- The NonProfit Times march 15, 2011</title><summary type='text'>Stories And Premiums Ruled During The Holidays- The NonProfit Times march 15, 2011: "The holiday season provides ample opportunity to proposition potential donors and renew supporters' contributions. According to Michael Nilsen, senior director of public affairs for the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), approximately half of all charities get between 30 percent and 60 percent of </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nptimes.com/11Mar/03152011cover3.html' title='Stories And Premiums Ruled During The Holidays- The NonProfit Times march 15, 2011'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/1569307346295564038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=1569307346295564038&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1569307346295564038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1569307346295564038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/03/stories-and-premiums-ruled-during.html' title='Stories And Premiums Ruled During The Holidays- The NonProfit Times march 15, 2011'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2092008904106773517</id><published>2011-03-14T11:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T11:56:26.273-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Convio’s Annual Benchmark Study Showcases Online as Fastest Growing Fundraising and Engagement Channel | Business Wire</title><summary type='text'>Convio’s Annual Benchmark Study Showcases Online as Fastest Growing Fundraising and Engagement Channel | Business Wire: "AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Convio, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNVO) today released the results of its annual Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmark Index™ Study. The results of the study indicate that online is the fastest growing fundraising channel for nonprofits. In 2010, </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110314005265/en/Convio%E2%80%99s-Annual-Benchmark-Study-Showcases-Online-Fastest' title='Convio’s Annual Benchmark Study Showcases Online as Fastest Growing Fundraising and Engagement Channel | Business Wire'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2092008904106773517/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2092008904106773517&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2092008904106773517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2092008904106773517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/03/convios-annual-benchmark-study.html' title='Convio’s Annual Benchmark Study Showcases Online as Fastest Growing Fundraising and Engagement Channel | Business Wire'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-5776342456063328500</id><published>2011-03-10T09:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-10T09:46:30.371-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nonprofit Sector Continues to Grow, Despite Recession -- BALTIMORE, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --</title><summary type='text'>Nonprofit Sector Continues to Grow, Despite Recession -- BALTIMORE, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --: "BALTIMORE, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 2010 Nonprofits by the Numbers report by Maryland Nonprofits shows that nonprofit organizations in Maryland continued to add jobs in 2009, despite the recession.  Nonprofit employment grew 2% in 2009, compared to a statewide drop in</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nonprofit-sector-continues-to-grow-despite-recession-117584673.html' title='Nonprofit Sector Continues to Grow, Despite Recession -- BALTIMORE, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/5776342456063328500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=5776342456063328500&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5776342456063328500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5776342456063328500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/03/nonprofit-sector-continues-to-grow.html' title='Nonprofit Sector Continues to Grow, Despite Recession -- BALTIMORE, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7597146280039812536</id><published>2011-03-04T15:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-04T15:28:38.509-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Charity Fraud Fears Deter Canadians From Giving | Canada | Epoch Times</title><summary type='text'>Charity Fraud Fears Deter Canadians From Giving | Canada | Epoch Times: "It may come as no surprise then that a growing number of Canadians are worried about fraudulent charities that intend to pocket hard-earned donation dollars.New survey findings show that 53 percent say they are less likely to give to charities because of concerns about charity fraud, while 65 percent report an increased </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/canada/charity-fraud-fears-deter-canadians-from-giving-52316.html' title='Charity Fraud Fears Deter Canadians From Giving | Canada | Epoch Times'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7597146280039812536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7597146280039812536&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7597146280039812536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7597146280039812536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/03/charity-fraud-fears-deter-canadians.html' title='Charity Fraud Fears Deter Canadians From Giving | Canada | Epoch Times'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2793308852880800296</id><published>2011-02-22T12:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-22T12:39:35.974-05:00</updated><title type='text'>SinhaGreenspanHandy_VolunteeringandCivicParticipationamongImmigrantMembersofEthnicCongregati.pdf (application/pdf Object)</title><summary type='text'>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; 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       &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                             &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/spa/researchcenters/nonprofitstrategy/documents/EgerMcDonald_ReligiousAttitudesandCharitableDonations.pdf' title='EgerMcDonald_ReligiousAttitudesandCharitableDonations.pdf (application/pdf Object)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/4187848866049556419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=4187848866049556419&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4187848866049556419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4187848866049556419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/02/egermcdonaldreligiousattitudesandcharit.html' title='EgerMcDonald_ReligiousAttitudesandCharitableDonations.pdf (application/pdf Object)'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2758121981715627680</id><published>2011-02-16T12:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T12:38:52.019-05:00</updated><title type='text'>2010 Online Giving Trends | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog</title><summary type='text'>2010 Online Giving Trends | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog: "Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. The 2010 Online Giving Report combines findings from The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving with additional multi-year giving data to provide the most comprehensive analysis of online giving trends in the nonprofit sector."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nptrends.com/nonprofit-trends/2010-online-giving-trends.htm' title='2010 Online Giving Trends | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2758121981715627680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2758121981715627680&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2758121981715627680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2758121981715627680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/02/2010-online-giving-trends-nonprofit.html' title='2010 Online Giving Trends | Nonprofit Trends with Steve MacLaughlin | a Blackbaud Blog'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-5531481547604686685</id><published>2011-02-16T10:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-16T10:02:14.880-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Press Release Detail - Sage Nonprofit Solutions</title><summary type='text'>Press Release Detail - Sage Nonprofit Solutions: "Press Release DetailU.S. Nonprofits More Optimistic About Meeting Fundraising Goals in 2011, According to Sage Nonprofit Insights SurveyQuarterly Survey Looked at U.S. Nonprofits’ Views and Outlook on Fundraising, Tax Exemptions, Government Funding, and Legislation2/15/2011 8:00:00 AMAUSTIN, TX (Feb. 15, 2011)—Sage North America today announced </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.sagenonprofit.com/Newsroom/Press-Releases/Details/SNA%20Corporate/2011/02/US%20Nonprofits%20More%20Optimistic%20About%20Meeting%20Fundraising%20Goals%20in%202011' title='Press Release Detail - Sage Nonprofit Solutions'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/5531481547604686685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=5531481547604686685&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5531481547604686685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5531481547604686685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/02/press-release-detail-sage-nonprofit.html' title='Press Release Detail - Sage Nonprofit Solutions'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7277237545627895320</id><published>2011-01-31T10:54:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-31T10:54:24.396-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPEndowments'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Higher Ed Endowments Starting To Rebound- The NonProfit Times Jan 27, 2011: "Higher Ed Endowments Starting To ReboundBy Mark HrywnaEndowments at colleges and universities boasted improved rates of return last year but still need a few more years to get back to pre-recession levels.The average rate of return was 11.9 percent (net for fees) last year, quite a turnaround from the negative19 percent </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nptimes.com/11Jan/01272011.html' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7277237545627895320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7277237545627895320&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7277237545627895320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7277237545627895320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/01/higher-ed-endowments-starting-to.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-9052329667768479872</id><published>2011-01-07T11:10:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T11:20:56.045-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPDonorMotivation'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This material is from August but is noteworthyParents Matter: New Study Shows Influence of Family on Giving Decisions - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "That is one of the findings of new study of donor attitudes and giving behavior released this week by Russ Reid, a Pasadena, Calif., company that provides direct-marketing services </summary><link rel='related' href='http://philanthropy.com/article/Parents-Matter-New-Study/124120/' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/9052329667768479872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=9052329667768479872&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/9052329667768479872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/9052329667768479872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2011/01/parents-matter-new-study-shows.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2582519005629606402</id><published>2010-12-01T10:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T10:41:17.793-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts - Press - AFP</title><summary type='text'>Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts - Press - AFP: "Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts(Nov. 29, 2010) Nonprofit organizations have seen a slight turnaround in giving so far this year that mirrors the slow economic recovery, a new survey from the Nonprofit Research </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.afpnet.org/Audiences/ReportsResearchDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=4660' title='Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts - Press - AFP'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2582519005629606402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2582519005629606402&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2582519005629606402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2582519005629606402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/12/charities-seeing-slight-recovery-in.html' title='Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts - Press - AFP'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-694756214860159612</id><published>2010-12-01T10:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-01T10:40:44.639-05:00</updated><title type='text'>$48 Billion In Giving Projected For The Holidays- The NonProfit Times Nov 30, 2010</title><summary type='text'>$48 Billion In Giving Projected For The Holidays- The NonProfit Times Nov 30, 2010: "$48 Billion In Giving Projected For The HolidaysAmericans will spread an average $281 across multiple charities via various solicitation channels this holiday season. Donors who have online relationships with a nonprofit report they will give almost $100 more than the average -- $378 vs. $281.These are among the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.nptimes.com/10nov/11302010.html' title='$48 Billion In Giving Projected For The Holidays- The NonProfit Times Nov 30, 2010'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/694756214860159612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=694756214860159612&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/694756214860159612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/694756214860159612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/12/48-billion-in-giving-projected-for.html' title='$48 Billion In Giving Projected For The Holidays- The NonProfit Times Nov 30, 2010'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7357039917209348330</id><published>2010-11-23T08:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-23T08:05:05.694-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Face-to-face fundraising divides the sector - Third Sector</title><summary type='text'>Face-to-face fundraising divides the sector - Third Sector: "Face-to-face fundraising divides the sectorBy Sophie Hudson, Third Sector, 21 September 2010[Fundraising]FundraisingDespite a drop in sign-ups, face-to-face fundraising refuses to go away, reports Sophie HudsonFace-to-face fundraising, particularly street fundraising or 'chugging', as it has become known, has never been the most popular</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/News/FundraisingBulletin/1029152/Face-to-face-fundraising-divides-sector/229B9A270843B824E365B2B5ACE85F04/?DCMP=EMC-CONFundraisingBulletin' title='Face-to-face fundraising divides the sector - Third Sector'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7357039917209348330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7357039917209348330&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7357039917209348330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7357039917209348330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/11/face-to-face-fundraising-divides-sector.html' title='Face-to-face fundraising divides the sector - Third Sector'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-1169431589376168414</id><published>2010-11-09T08:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-09T08:47:11.113-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Giving by rich Americans fell during recession-study | Reuters</title><summary type='text'>Giving by rich Americans fell during recession-study | Reuters: "Wealthy Americans donated average $54,016 in 2009* Only 2.5 percent made donations of more than $500,000By Michelle NicholsNEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Charitable giving by wealthy Americans dropped by more than a third between 2007 and 2009 as the worst U.S. recession in decades put pressure on the nonprofit sector, according to a </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0825136220101109' title='Giving by rich Americans fell during recession-study | Reuters'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/1169431589376168414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=1169431589376168414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1169431589376168414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1169431589376168414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/11/giving-by-rich-americans-fell-during.html' title='Giving by rich Americans fell during recession-study | Reuters'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7081189231941697580</id><published>2010-11-09T08:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-09T08:45:02.703-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Study Questions Efficiency of Charity Business Activities - Ideas &amp; Advice - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas</title><summary type='text'>Study Questions Efficiency of Charity Business Activities - Ideas &amp; Advice - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Study Questions Efficiency of Charity Business ActivitiesBy Nicole WallaceAs nonprofit organizations earn more unrelated business income—through such activities as merchandise sales or renting their donor lists—the proportion of </summary><link rel='related' href='http://philanthropy.com/article/Study-Questions-Efficiency-of/125305/' title='Study Questions Efficiency of Charity Business Activities - Ideas &amp; Advice - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7081189231941697580/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7081189231941697580&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7081189231941697580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7081189231941697580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/11/study-questions-efficiency-of-charity.html' title='Study Questions Efficiency of Charity Business Activities - Ideas &amp; Advice - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-9113263634573262560</id><published>2010-10-26T10:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T10:17:11.155-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>PRESS RELEASE"WealthEngine Releases Best Practices in Arts &amp; Culture Fundraising ReportOutlines Seven Best Practices and Features Museums, Theaters and Performing Arts Centers that are Leveraging Best Practices to OutperformBethesda, MD, October 26, 2010 – WealthEngine, the leading provider of sophisticated prospect research tools and analytics, announced today the release of a new research </summary><link rel='related' href='http://info.wealthengine.com/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoku63OZKXonjHpfsXx4%2B0pXbHr08Yy0EZ5VunJEUWy2YIERdQhcOuuEwcWGog81wlZFvSdeY5H8%2FtY' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/9113263634573262560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=9113263634573262560&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/9113263634573262560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/9113263634573262560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/10/press-releasewealthengine-releases-best.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-1996745522438612507</id><published>2010-10-25T09:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-25T09:59:39.887-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPGivingTrends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPWomeninPhilanthropy'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Center on Philanthropy New Study: Women More Charitable Than Men -- SEATTLE, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --: "SEATTLE, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Indiana University releases a new study  today showing women are more charitable then men, Christian humanitarian group World Vision says these findings mirror what it is seeing among its supporters across the country. Among the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-center-on-philanthropy-new-study-women-more-charitable-than-men-105455093.html' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/1996745522438612507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=1996745522438612507&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1996745522438612507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1996745522438612507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/10/center-on-philanthropy-new-study-women.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-5510855117678444293</id><published>2010-09-20T12:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T12:59:35.724-04:00</updated><title type='text'>New Study Shows Fraternal Benefit Societies Deliver $3.4 Billion in Annual Value... -- OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ --</title><summary type='text'>PRESS RELEASENew Study Shows Fraternal Benefit Societies Deliver $3.4 Billion in Annual Value... -- OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ --: "New Study Shows Fraternal Benefit Societies Deliver $3.4 Billion in Annual Value to Communities and Individuals in Need  As Government Resources Dwindle, Societies Fill Growing Needs GapOAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- At a time when growing </summary><link rel='related' 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href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-study-shows-fraternal-benefit.html' title='New Study Shows Fraternal Benefit Societies Deliver $3.4 Billion in Annual Value... -- OAK BROOK, Ill., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ --'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-1739212203809134445</id><published>2010-09-08T08:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-08T08:45:35.811-04:00</updated><title type='text'>massnonprofit.org ::</title><summary type='text'>massnonprofit.org ::: "Motivation Study Finds Internet Is Key for New DonorsSeptember 6, 2010 — Prospective first-time donors to charitable organizations make extensive use of the Internet to learn about nonprofits—by visiting their websites and by searching for news about them—according to a recently released national study on donor motivation and behavior."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.massnonprofit.org/news.php?artid=2079&amp;catid=13' title='massnonprofit.org ::'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/1739212203809134445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=1739212203809134445&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1739212203809134445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/1739212203809134445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/09/massnonprofitorg.html' title='massnonprofit.org ::'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-490389487287034041</id><published>2010-09-01T13:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T13:06:24.898-04:00</updated><title type='text'>CT charitable grants climbed from 2006 to 2008 | Hartford Business</title><summary type='text'>CT charitable grants climbed from 2006 to 2008 | Hartford Business: "Connecticut grantmakers distributed more than $902.7 million in 2008, a 22 percent increase from 2006, according to 2010 Connecticut Grantmaking Highlights published by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news14606.html' title='CT charitable grants climbed from 2006 to 2008 | Hartford Business'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/490389487287034041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=490389487287034041&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/490389487287034041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/490389487287034041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/09/ct-charitable-grants-climbed-from-2006.html' title='CT charitable grants climbed from 2006 to 2008 | Hartford Business'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3630162117905916765</id><published>2010-08-31T11:13:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-31T11:13:32.156-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPStaffTurnover'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPTurnover'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Voluntary sector staff turnover slows but stays above UK average - Third Sector: "Voluntary sector staff turnover slows but stays above UK averageBy Kate Youde, Third Sector, 31 August 2010Economic conditions and job cuts stop charity staff from moving onStaff turnover in the voluntary sector decreased significantly in the year to March 2010 but is still higher than the UK average, a new report </summary><link rel='related' 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rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7698580285527566528</id><published>2010-08-31T09:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-31T09:28:43.061-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Survey shows how, why we give | StarTribune.com</title><summary type='text'>Survey shows how, why we give | StarTribune.com: "Meanwhile, 61 percent of donors dropped checks in the mailbox -- including four of 10 donors under the age of 40.Another 34 percent donated online, the survey said. And most people contributed to charities in several ways, said Lisa McIntrye, a Russ Reid senior vice president.The 'Heart of the Donor'' report was based on interviews with more than </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.startribune.com/local/101842793.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU' title='Survey shows how, why we give | StarTribune.com'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7698580285527566528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7698580285527566528&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7698580285527566528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7698580285527566528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/08/survey-shows-how-why-we-give.html' title='Survey shows how, why we give | StarTribune.com'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-5755694397034238534</id><published>2010-04-08T09:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-08T09:44:58.608-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Greater Green Bay Community Foundation survey: Northeastern Wisconsin nonprofits hit hard by recession, but hopeful | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette</title><summary type='text'>Greater Green Bay Community Foundation survey: Northeastern Wisconsin nonprofits hit hard by recession, but hopeful | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette: "But many feel optimistic about the future, Pamperin said. Almost a third say they are financially healthy, and 60 percent expect to expand services in the next three years.Pamperin said the tough economy forced many </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100408/GPG0101/4080651/1207/GPG01' title='Greater Green Bay Community Foundation survey: Northeastern Wisconsin nonprofits hit hard by recession, but hopeful | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/5755694397034238534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=5755694397034238534&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5755694397034238534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5755694397034238534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/04/greater-green-bay-community-foundation.html' title='Greater Green Bay Community Foundation survey: Northeastern Wisconsin nonprofits hit hard by recession, but hopeful | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press-Gazette'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8886767377117638003</id><published>2010-03-11T12:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T12:40:34.870-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Survey shows pay for nonprofit executives not out of line | StarNewsOnline.com</title><summary type='text'>Survey shows pay for nonprofit executives not out of line | StarNewsOnline.com: "The study “challenges the popular myths that nonprofit executives are overpaid,” said the Raleigh-based organization, which serves as a resource for nonprofit board members and staffers.The study also found that turnover among nonprofit staffers is about half that of the average American industry, and that </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100311/ARTICLES/100319955?Title=Survey-shows-pay-for-nonprofit-executives-not-out-of-line' title='Survey shows pay for nonprofit executives not out of line | StarNewsOnline.com'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8886767377117638003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8886767377117638003&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8886767377117638003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8886767377117638003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/03/survey-shows-pay-for-nonprofit.html' title='Survey shows pay for nonprofit executives not out of line | StarNewsOnline.com'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7961538862295805153</id><published>2010-03-10T09:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T09:39:27.708-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Notre Dame Funding Generosity Studies - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick</title><summary type='text'>Notre Dame Funding Generosity Studies - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick: "Press ReleaseThe University of Notre Dame’s Science of Generosity Initiative has awarded $1.4 million to four research projects that will study the origins, manifestations and consequences of generosity. The winning projects were chosen from among 325 proposals by scholars in 32 countries and numerous </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=40552' title='Notre Dame Funding Generosity Studies - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7961538862295805153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7961538862295805153&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7961538862295805153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7961538862295805153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/03/notre-dame-funding-generosity-studies.html' title='Notre Dame Funding Generosity Studies - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3320937862637227774</id><published>2010-03-09T12:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T12:15:56.793-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Acronym: New study on exec attitudes about the economy: "ASAE &amp; The Center just released its latest economic study, this one features results of a survey that generated 960 responses, each from a different association, conducted earlier this year. The survey form duplicated the questions asked in the Spring of 2009, providing a nice comparison and benchmarking tool. A few of the things that </summary><link rel='related' href='http://blogs.asaecenter.org/Acronym/2010/03/new_study_on_exec_attitudes_ab.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AsaeTheCenterEconomicClimateRssFeed+%28ASAE+%26+The+Center+Economic+Climate+RSS+Feed%29' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3320937862637227774/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3320937862637227774&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3320937862637227774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3320937862637227774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/03/acronym-new-study-on-exec-attitudes.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-9165342841561957048</id><published>2010-01-07T08:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T08:39:07.428-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPVolunteer'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Studies and research regarding online volunteering / virtual volunteering: "Studies and Research RegardingOnline Volunteering / Virtual Volunteering There are lots of studies regarding volunteerism, but rarely within these studies are any questions asked about the Internet, to determine how volunteers are using the Internet to provide some or all of their service, or how organizations are using </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.coyotecommunications.com/volunteer/ovresearch.html' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/9165342841561957048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=9165342841561957048&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/9165342841561957048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/9165342841561957048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2010/01/studies-and-research-regarding-online.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-773894333447122108</id><published>2009-12-16T09:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T09:11:00.165-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Colorado Nonprofit Association</title><summary type='text'>Colorado Nonprofit Association: "Weathering the Storm: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Colorado Nonprofits During Recession, jointly published by the Colorado Nonprofit Association and the Community Resource Center, highlights the impact of Colorado's economy in early 2009 on the demand for programs and the fundraising to support those programs"</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.coloradononprofits.org/' title='Colorado Nonprofit Association'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/773894333447122108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=773894333447122108&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/773894333447122108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/773894333447122108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2009/12/colorado-nonprofit-association.html' title='Colorado Nonprofit Association'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-3312340864995432080</id><published>2009-12-14T10:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T10:09:35.332-05:00</updated><title type='text'>State's charities need experienced leadership | delawareonline.com | The News Journal</title><summary type='text'>State's charities need experienced leadership | delawareonline.com | The News Journal: "While they may be well-capitalized, a culture of fiefdoms stagnates too many organizations. The internal inefficiency and disarray are obvious in the substandard level of service being provided.As it should be, the recently released 'Philanthropy In The First State, Delaware's Nonprofits, Individual Donors and</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20091213/OPINION11/912130302' title='State&apos;s charities need experienced leadership | delawareonline.com | The News Journal'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/3312340864995432080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=3312340864995432080&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3312340864995432080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/3312340864995432080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2009/12/states-charities-need-experienced.html' title='State&apos;s charities need experienced leadership | delawareonline.com | The News Journal'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-2823777583743709751</id><published>2009-11-10T10:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T10:18:58.514-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management - School of Public Affairs - Baruch College</title><summary type='text'>Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management - School of Public Affairs - Baruch College: "Working PapersUsable Knowledge for Nonprofit Professionals and ScholarsThe Center’s Working Papers Series includes work in progress on significant and emerging policy and management issues.  Contributors include Baruch and CUNY faculty as well as major and emerging scholars from other institutions."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/spa/researchcenters/nonprofitstrategy/workingpapers.php' title='Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management - School of Public Affairs - Baruch College'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/2823777583743709751/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=2823777583743709751&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2823777583743709751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/2823777583743709751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2009/11/center-for-nonprofit-strategy-and.html' title='Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management - School of Public Affairs - Baruch College'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-4745880004384461279</id><published>2009-11-10T09:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T09:54:24.943-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Research on tax aims to encourage greater giving | UK Fundraising</title><summary type='text'>Research on tax aims to encourage greater giving | UK Fundraising: "Research on tax aims to encourage greater givingSubmitted by paulartherton on 10 November, 2009 - 11:50.Philanthropy Ireland and the Irish Charities Tax Reform Group have published research on tax and regulatory policy with the aim of encouraging greater charitable and philanthropic giving in Ireland.The research was carried out </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.fundraising.co.uk/ireland/news/2009/11/10/research-tax-aims-encourage-greater-giving' title='Research on tax aims to encourage greater giving | UK Fundraising'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/4745880004384461279/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=4745880004384461279&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4745880004384461279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/4745880004384461279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2009/11/research-on-tax-aims-to-encourage.html' title='Research on tax aims to encourage greater giving | UK Fundraising'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-8459743027317044946</id><published>2009-11-09T09:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T08:39:48.911-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPGivingTrends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPOregon'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Oregon non-profits adjust to recession challenges - Oregon Business News: "Challenged by the recession, survey results show that nonprofits must take steps to contain costs and continue to serve their communities. In 2009, private donations have decreased by 50% while the demand for services has increased 12%.The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) surveyed  208 Oregon nonprofit organizations about</summary><link rel='related' href='http://oregonbusinessreport.com/2009/11/nonprofits-in-oregon-challenged-to-take-the-necessary-steps-to-survive/' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/8459743027317044946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=8459743027317044946&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8459743027317044946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/8459743027317044946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2009/11/oregon-non-profits-adjust-to-recession.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-5615912835149182878</id><published>2009-11-04T11:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T11:58:55.231-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Study: Nonprofits, arts, culture have major impact - The Daily Record - Jacksonville, Florida</title><summary type='text'>Study: Nonprofits, arts, culture have major impact - The Daily Record - Jacksonville, Florida: "The Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville announced last week the results of an economic impact study of the nonprofit arts industry in Duval County. These local results were compiled as part of a comprehensive national economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry. Entitled Arts </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=529485' title='Study: Nonprofits, arts, culture have major impact - The Daily Record - Jacksonville, Florida'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/5615912835149182878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=5615912835149182878&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5615912835149182878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/5615912835149182878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2009/11/study-nonprofits-arts-culture-have.html' title='Study: Nonprofits, arts, culture have major impact - The Daily Record - Jacksonville, Florida'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-7801621743812337677</id><published>2009-10-22T12:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-01-12T08:38:52.883-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NPPayout'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Northern California Grantmakers : Beyond Five Percent: The New Foundation Payout Menu: "Beyond Five Percent: The New Foundation Payout MenuExecutive SummaryThe majority of US foundations are set up to exist in perpetuity. Most pay out, in grants and administrative costs, around 5% of their assets each year, the minimum required by US law. However, some donors and foundations, driven by their </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ncg.org/s_ncg/sec.asp?CID=10980&amp;DID=24755' title=''/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/7801621743812337677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=7801621743812337677&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7801621743812337677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/7801621743812337677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2009/10/northern-california-grantmakers-beyond.html' title=''/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383936.post-6527096965136974414</id><published>2009-10-22T09:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T09:29:54.611-04:00</updated><title type='text'>United Way study indicates one-third of region's non-profits could close</title><summary type='text'>United Way study indicates one-third of region's non-profits could close: "The 2009 Non-Profit Pulse Survey results were released this week and it was reported that one-third of the region's non-profits may close operations in the next year due to lack of funding and resources. The annual survey conducted by the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut looks at the fiscal health of the </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.examiner.com/x-2900-Hartford-Nonprofit-Business-Examiner~y2009m10d21-United-Way-study-indicates-onethird-of-regions-nonprofits-could-close' title='United Way study indicates one-third of region&apos;s non-profits could close'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/feeds/6527096965136974414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1383936&amp;postID=6527096965136974414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6527096965136974414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1383936/posts/default/6527096965136974414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://afprcstudies.blogspot.com/2009/10/united-way-study-indicates-one-third-of.html' title='United Way study indicates one-third of region&apos;s non-profits could close'/><author><name>Reed</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y3KddhhrSwY/Sg23epvPdFI/AAAAAAAAAFI/mhWxxW02RXU/S220/Headshot_edited_normal.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
